Electric cars are good fun for wealthy virtue signallers, but a dreadful way to save the planet
November 18, 2020
tags: Electric Cars
By Paul Homewood
A dose of reality from Bjorn Lomborg:
In a move to burnish Britain’s green credentials, Boris Johnson is to announce a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030. He is following other political leaders, including Joe Biden, in promising lavish carrots to energise the market for electric cars along with sticks to outlaw petrol cars. Unfortunately, electric cars will achieve only tiny emissions savings at a very high price.
Electric cars are certainly fun, but almost everywhere cost more across their lifetime than their petrol counterparts. That is why subsidies are needed. And consumers are still anxious because of their short range and long recharging times. Despite the US handing out up to $10,000 (£7,600) for each electric car, for example, fewer than 0.5 per cent of its cars are battery electric. And almost all the support goes to the rich. Ninety per cent of electric car owners also have a fossil-fuel driven car they drive further. Indeed, electric vehicles are mostly a “second car†used for shorter trips and virtue signalling.
https://www.climatedepot.com/2020/11/18/lomborg-electric-cars-are-good-fun-for-wealthy-virtue-signallers-but-a-dreadful-way-to-save-the-planet/
